Yes, her heart had softened.
“Think about when you came here ten years ago. You lost ten years of your youth. The life that should have been radiant was taken away by them. I know you want to leave this place.”
Of course she wanted to.
“If you can’t bear to part with your children, why must you stay here? If you don’t leave, you will become that old woman. Your son will become the husband who forced you.”
“In the distant future, three innocent girls will come to your home. Just like that old woman forced you back then, you will force them.”
When Li Meiyun imagined that scene, her vision blurred.
No. She did not want to become that old woman.
“They are criminals. If you wish, you can take your three children and leave. Of course, the difficulties you face will be greater. It is not easy for a woman to raise three sons. But the people outside should not leave you without help. Living well outside is not impossible.”
Li Meiyun did not know who was speaking to her, but she seemed to understand something. She said to the staff, “I want to leave, but I want to take my three sons with me.”
“Based on your situation, you are allowed to take your children.”
Li Meiyun smiled. With the help of the staff, the villagers could not stop her. She took her three sons and got into the car.
Tang Guo floated on the rooftop of the village and let out a soft laugh. “I hope she can persevere.”
[Host, do you mean she might not be able to persevere?]
Tang Guo laughed softly. “Yes. Even in this place that harmed her, she hesitated and could not bear to part with her children. It shows she has a soft temperament. In this family, she indeed was not beaten much. It was not because the old woman and her man were reasonable or kind.”
“It was because she was weak and timid. After seeing the fate of the girls who tried to escape, she did not dare to resist. She obeyed, so she did not suffer those things.”
[Then why did you remind her?]
“I just want to see how numb a person can become.” She lifted her head and looked at the white clouds drifting in the sky. The weather today was especially good.
When the women in the village heard they could leave, some remained numb, without reaction. Even after the staff spoke to them for a long time, they fell silent and expressed that they did not want to go.
There were also some whose eyes regained their light. Without hesitation and ignoring any obstruction, they firmly chose to leave.
“Xiufang, are you really leaving? Don’t you want me and your children anymore?”
The woman called Xiufang turned back and let out a cold laugh. “Want you?” She cried loudly and laughed loudly. “I hate this place. I hate you. I hate everything here. I even hate the two bastards I gave birth to with my own body.
“This place has only brought me pain. Have you forgotten? Eight years ago, when I came here, I was just over twenty. How did your whole family treat me back then?”
Xiufang’s face was covered in tears. “I didn’t want to. The old woman and the old man pinned down my hands and legs and let you force me. Tell me, how could I not hate you? I hate you to death. I wish I could kill you. You are a rapist. No matter how well you treat me, you are still a rapist.”
“This place is the nightmare of my life. It’s wonderful that I can still leave. Even if I have to pick up trash or beg for food outside, even if I lose twenty years of my lifespan after I return, I am willing.”
After saying that, she did not hesitate. Dragging her limping leg, she got into the car, wiped her tears, and smiled brightly.
This hellish place could finally be left behind.
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